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1. (n.) impressionism
(usu. cap.) a style of late 19th-century painting characterized chiefly by short brush strokes of bright colors in immediate juxtaposition to represent the effect of light on objects.
2. impressionism
a style of literature that emphasizes mood and sensory impressions.
3. impressionism
a late 19th-century and early 20th-century style of musical composition in which subtle harmony, rhythm, and tonal color are used to evoke moods and impressions.
Etymology: (1880–85)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Impressionism
a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) impressionism
the theory or method of suggesting an effect or impression without elaboration of the details; -- a disignation of a recent fashion in painting and etching
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1. impressionism
a term in painting that denotes the principle of a new school originating in France before 1870, and introduced into this country some 10 years later; it is a revolt against traditionalism in art, and aims at reproducing on canvas not what the mind knows or by close study observes is in nature, but the "impression" which eye and mind gather. The influence of the movement has been strong, and promises to be lasting both here and in Germany, and not the least interesting work of the kind has of late years issued from the "Glasgow School" and the "London Impressionists."
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